EDITION
.VOL. ao
HUMBER 39
THC CASOLCfA TIMES titis
wMk will g» iat^ lt» mor»
Immim in Dni’lba th»n H dkl
the wa«ii h«rHra. Counting
•vmjr* '*f frw for mwh hoai*
ft that iMMc tins MO pn
•on* in Dnrlisin will r«»d > tha
P*P«C thto Wt«k tlMB did tb«
w««fc bcfort.
OURHAM, N. C. SATURDAY, ^X?Tr 1TO9
raiCI SEVEN CENT^
OF NEGRO TOBACCO
WORKERS INFLUENCE OF LABOR UNIO
White Locals Make No
Protest of Wholesale
♦ • f ‘.
Layoffs In Durham
To join tlie Isibtf union or iuot to
*^oin IS the hig queotioif wnicij
/ coniruuu tlit Negro to-
oauco w«ii>ei lu U%.ita-y,
'itte r^ne.u tiiifc'e oi ou.u w/m,*.
tiuii x'leKiO \,oti^ut3 ill uno ot
Ute iatgc toi.u.wu Uore
upKUiewiiy L-— uoi. rcsiiKtu lu
iiie i.b’uA luti uuy
'ijctter^ out i.ti.oiUUig; lo many
ol iHo w'lrke.s, iite^t--j«s li-liow-
ed a whtilesuio linnji' uJ; iNugio
jBmpioyeis, man^ o'! Vliwu of long
Stirvici'. io aggiavaie me
uowBki.H ueuii a') pi'o*"
ifcst, or even a woid t,f !>>in-
^auiy lioni le.iow wiuio uiuou
woiliurs; i^«is many sHy is be
ginning 10 unQertniiio' iiie oace
poweriul grip ^1 labor oii thu
lobacco industry in tnis cuy.
in snort Ncgroen wuo uto al>
ready mennbers of tlj^, Jooacuo
w^rkerB' union Alii l)jitumiu4t-
lUciii^uB of tue sincerity ut ^^te
laoor leabois who priiir iy and
during the "gtriko iiWu ttiem
profuse piutniscs ubout what
Negroes would obutiii oy slick
ing with the toibacco workera
union. Those who bAve xiut yet
il.oined ttie union are basinning
. to question the advisabiuty of
becoming connected with an' or-,.
ganization that makies no at
tempt t6 protect them '•gainst
losing their jobs.
In another city not too far
away where the niuiufacture of
cigarettes is a potent factor in
ttia development of th«t coin-
manity, tliare is no* tobacco
Workers' union, but both Negro
bnd white workers in tliu fac
tories are the recipients (ft Old
age benefits that outstrip Iry
far those offered by the ieaeral
’ " governmeir't. In addition , they
Bave free hospitalization,, free
dental care, assistance in buy-
i;ig homes that is also un
paralleled by federal gnv.erp-
U C C u M B
Hold Fina
Hites For Mik.
i. i.
Mrs. *JuHa E. ,James, wiiv of
.S, T. who
here’^atuf'day ’Corning aft^^a
shwrt iftness. Mrs. James was
well knbvn here and. iW Virginia
.vnere as^ a young woman she
was belov«d teacher and social
leader.
m e n t and many ‘o, t h je r
a d V il n t a 1: e s; all of which
tnake tbr ibetter citizen
ship and a pea(fb of mmu wiiii
which the Durham toibaccj work
cr is not acquainted.
Instead ^ of whoiesule dis-)
charging of workois, which is
always followed by a ceVtain
* aui,)unt of alarm, the faces of
Negro totiacco workers fairly
^ bimra- witW satisfaction and a
I sense of security, which :s and
' indication that they are proud
^ of their Joibs, and appreciativ-e
} of thoso-j£.uj , whom they work.
They are. in truth a happy lot.
Thus this particular city has
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wnlia l^vetta Jamaa, wife
ox. Ur. S. T. James prominent
Pqriiiam drjagg^l;, di^d her*
Saturday evening at nine o’clock
after a short illness, at' Dukf
hospital as the result of bron
chial pneumonia. Mrs. James was
rtlshed to Duke Hospital late
Ihursday aiterncum and placed
under an,oxygne tent in a\des-
ijecMi^^'^drt to savj
\¥i»ia it witt'dx»covei^‘ahe was
tf in a serious conditioni such noi^,
being i^vaiiaible elsewhere
city. After it warf found that
all efforts were of no avail the
family ^as notified early ,Sat
urday evening and those resid'
ing in Durham were at ' the
oedside when the end came.
^he deceased was born in
King William Cownty, Virginia
and was &2T years of the
time of her death: ^ She was tb«
daughter of Kev«. Bilaa M. Miles
and Nannie Miles. In 190|5
Famous Figures Hfeet
N.C College Law
School Not/ro
The law school of North Caro laculdy will be composed of
lina .fis^ge was posbpncd here pro.fessors from the ' law schools
thm. wear when its was revealed ‘ of Duke University and the
thart" oSy one student had quali^
fied for the course. « Although
several made application, only
one had actually been admitted
a conference of -the faculty and
college officials resulted in the
deicision to not ti!^ to operate
thfe' school until 194o when
ample time will 'be given tho^
iJesiring to ’ follow the practitoe
of law to prepare for entrance.
The student who qualified
for the -course was Logan Dru-
mand Delaney, foij of Dr. L. T.
Delaney, prominet Raleigh phy
sician. Young Delaney is a grar
duate of St. Augustine College
^nd will pursue further work,
in the graduate aehooj at the
college' until next year when he
will enter the law department of
the College. ^
The law library which i* now
b%ing installed at the CoUege is
lo;ated on the second floor of
the mala library and will be
added to during the ~ present
school year and next.' Students
applying for the coura next
year will have also one of' the
best law faciilties Thn
University of North Carolina.
rh
graiD
-The Durham Cstjgrs Union
will present a program Sunday,
Octuiber 8, at St. Paul Baptist
Church .-at 3 p. m.
, The progarm is as follows: ,
Devotional, Mr. ' Whitley
Music, St, Paul Church Chorus
Welcome Address, p. D. Mum-’
ford, St Paul Church
Reisponse,-Tieon QuicM^ Unioai
Baptist Church
1 Paper, Miss Bertha Truitt, Un
ion Baptist Church
Short .M«. Fannie Reid
Bratcher^^
Selection, Bright Moon Quartet
Union Baptist Chjjrcb
Paper, Mis« Bmma Grafton
Union Baptist Church
Principal Slpeaker, L. E. Austin;
Ptes. Ushei» Ass’n
Selctjop^ Bright Moon Quartet
Remarks, Rev. P^ers, j»aitor
Collection ' r *-
she was married to Dr. S. T.
James and the couple moved to
Durham 31 years ago where her
husband went into the dfug
business.
Prior to coming to Durham
Mrs. James taught school in her
native state, as did her huertmnd
(before he comjj^eted bis phar
maceutical work.
The deceased was a promin
ent. memiber of Whife Rock
Baptist church for more^than
20 years, and was highly res
pect throughout" the city of
Durham, and especially in the
community in, w*hich she lived.
In addition to her husband she
is survived by two sons Sidney
and Silas of Durham, students
at N. C. College; two daughters
Miss Juila E. James librarian at
Mary Potter school, Oxford, N
C. and Mrs. Nannie Lash of
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PROMISING BUSINESS
FIGURE
NYA AID ID
N. CAROLINA
Scenes 'as Dri fie^rge W.
Carver, famed scientist of
Tuskegee joined yioe Louis,
wwcld’js heavyweight bo-xing
champion and other celebrities
Tuesday'Wight on the coast to
coast radio program, “Wo The
People,” sponsored by Sanl^
Coffee.
Upper .'left Dr. Carver greets
Joe Louis as Cahriel Heutter,
w^Sio conducts the program,
looks o»;
tentively as ^the age^ teacher
gives a Word of afVice. 'n
Lower center: Colonel Theo
dore Eoosevelf who sarved as
assistant M. C., looks over the
script with Joe Louis and Prof.
Upper right: Joe listened at Carver^
The program was Broadcast
from the stage c*f the Auditor
ium Theatre as a feature t>f thu
Americtln Legion Convention
and was witnessed . by
spectators. (ANP)
N E W Y. O R K GEl S L A U G
WHEN ONE PARTNER TAKES
HIS SHARE WITH SAW, AXE
make Am s
BY J. H. THOMPSON
NEW YORiK, (\AiNP)—,Beat
to its socks by the depression,
recession and a few other '‘ions”
alk Harlem was given the de-
biggest laught of the century
this- past week~ wfaen~ ifcrbBTt
Bruce and Miles Duncan, co-
^erjf^of the Monterey‘ cafe, dis-
sloved partnership in a tirary
which must
Andy enviuos.
^orts to buy
share .reached an. impasse and
^ruce, Qemocratic Reader of
the 21st A. D., resorted to Gor-
dian. tactics to get his half of
the prpferty involved. Using a
saw, ax and knives Bruce saiuM
ej the magnificent baF^n hal^
of the large mirror, sawed chairs
in half, split up the barbage and
crowning act of all, took one of
the two tcilets in the place.
FR®D D. \AJ.EXAND5:R
Di*triet Manay^r of the South
ern Pidelty Mutual ‘Insurance
(^nmpany, also Grand^ Exalted
Ruler of Pigsah Lpdge, and a
prominent ci¥*t'worker of Char-
lotte, >who was teeently -elected
chairman of the Negro Division
of the ^Community Chest. He
has alraadmade > some plans-
"8fld' eflforts to raise money will
A iBife crowd milled about
the place this • past Tuesday
morning, hilariously watching
the division of effeijts. Potog^
from all the local papers were
on hand taking pictures, little
children were making ..caustic
cnmmenjts, con.s-ti'fi^ter^s of
Bruca were condemning his
•'ffortg and the whole villaire
having a big laugh. Police re
serve had to be called to scatier
the crowd which reached ajarm
ing proportions.
iMforts to leam the *eal rea
son behind such a disastrous
-...|.enjilflg^ to... -Jnflh v jc. paJittuMaAii^
Tied reliable close to’
both men, to issue tue sCalment
that braufc VVneaton, Jr. owner
of the row of building in which
the Monterey'* was* located, -was
willing to lease the place to
Duncan but would not consider
Bruce as a partner.- _The_ leasfe
was due to expire on Oct. 1.
Duncan gnd Wheaton, said these
same sources, were, planning a
partership of their own and
j Br^ce -«ejited his spite ^in this
one another’s manne».«4^.4eep liu^ain from
having any effects to put into
the CQ-nteniplated new partner
ship, it. w^s said.
Echoes ^of the bitter rivalry
and disl.flte of two lacial groups
WesX Indian and American Ne
groes, were hard in this comedy
^ding business. Bruc,c is a
West Indian and during the re
cent campai^ to reelect Bruce
to leadership, anti-West Indian
proaganda vi«s injected.
Editor Austin
RALEIGH, N. C.—Negro c II
ege and scbo^'of North ,Ca >-
tma have an increased •U.ttmctit
of NYA funds to assist
students in high scho..la i.. •
codeges for the year 4^,
according to recent statemc'n...*.
from the Negro diviaiufl
directed by J. P. Bttud,
Jr,
AX'#
ii/i ^*-4- « ■■* Wv-.-, ^ .
for the entire country for
’3ti-40 IB wout pext«—k
utSi- inak lui I...;
WtUa u
school autfloriues^ auwevMr
N][iA. does Vt;4u«»i> mat U»e ic'
cipienta be cnusen ou iba
of m—ttuey ^
leasL tare# urttit ut a, horiaat
load/ aoA tnac tutjr auuw poieu-
tialiti^ of at least average
lar^i^ Accv.raing tu a recciti.
-lutf/ maoe by itie ^SYA Divis
ion of Negro Atfairs Nor ..a
Carolina, Negro college >tu-
denta cnosen laat year perf ~iut
ed fifteen ditferent types ui
.ivoo^i joiba.
Anot&er change for the
fiscal year wui be the grani.^..^
uf gtaduate aid to Negro iu^Ui.ti
tions. Heretofore, in inc
sence of graduate accomiUk.k..-
..lons tor Negroea within
state, only white schools rts^^..
ed appropriations for
students. This year. North
lina College for Negroes
A and T College will rec...c
grants for gradusat»--work.
The allocation of Student .>.a
funds for Negro colleges ^^tr
this yeuia is as follows:
A and X College,
Barber-Seotia, 1^1,890; Benaett
CoUege, 1^3,(t>u; £)Liaabetn
Sta-e Teachers College,
Immanuel Lutheran, |640; aoua
^on C. Smith “University,
Livingstone Ci liege,
North Carolina College for
groes, $6,.210 St. Au^ustiae's
College, Shaw Univw
sity, State Te«c»w.d
College,' Fayetteville,
Winston Salem Teacken c
ege, |6,615.
A
- C. * “■ "* IfcA) ■
Charlotte Oct. 15
Heribert !«. Bruce has lon|f
been a potent factor in Harlem
politics and the^ Monterey cafc
w^s the han^uf of many ma
jor and min^ politicians. At
one time it was considered one
of the finest cafes in Harlem,
l/ocated at liSTth and Seventh
iavenue.(^ it was elaborately fur
nished and a *resfauranE main
tained.
Doors are *Bbw locked, win-
do'wa darkened. and the place in
a Terit^e..., shantbles because,
ni.e said^. Braet iroted to
^Naintew:tiisrwiiarwai^^
THE MOVIES
' BY W. F. AUEXAiNDER
Announcement has Juit bb«‘n
made that. L. E. Austin, Editor
of the Careliha Times Dur*
hamj will deliver the main ad
dress at a mass meeting to be
held in ib«half of more colora
tion 4>y ‘ Nefery~-~bH«ineaiK^nter-
pria*s.( at ^he Friendship Bapt.
Church on Sunday, afternoon,
Octdber 16 at four o’clock.' The
announ^ment comes froi,n Rev.
J. Lewis Powell, pastor of the
church, who is heading the
Committee sponsoring the meet
ing. and Rev. Powell also an-
nout cesthat a complete and
intei'esting program is being
rspidly completed for the occas-*
ion,
Mr. Austin is well known in
'fournalistic circles of the nation
for hit fearless and militant
editoriala and as « champion of
the causes of those' whom most
persons shun, (his gallant but
▼ain fight to save a burglar from
the gas chamber recently ta only
on* caae in'^^int), and he ,ia j m he as b« kM doat in kh« fl^
a. J 1
recent letter" Ifom Ifie”
tiottai office In Waahingtot
ed-~that the fc^lowing
colleges would recei^lt a y«^^
quota for 1939-40 from
special Negro fund:
Barber-Scotia Jonior
X
lias
Hammering HanV Armstrong,
former holder _of three pugulis-
tic crowns, and' the enly man in
prize ring history to do so u
now “doing his , atnff” in Ute
movies. Amsttong. it ia believ-
|ed 'Will do as well on the sctmb
— -^-4376
College'* -
Beni^tt College
Fayetteville 'Tcachera
CoUege
Johnson C. Smith
University — — — —
Livingstone College — — 9^19
A and T. College
(undergraduate) — $136
A and T College
graduate — — — f8l§
North Carolina College for
Negroes graduate |540
Shaw University — — —
St, Augustine’s College — $1170
£liaabetk City State
Teachers College —.
Winston Salem Teaeker*
College I19S
Izsanuel Lath^nm
Colley -«-!• —
- IIW
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E.£|tVES-48T,»«|
WA£iahfG1T>N, D. C.
—Wliev fittt win rf;
CWcnftB," zetired
ier, waa ■ ]^re£Sted ia tlM «Mrti
h«rt, il was fVveAM Mt Ml
ai awNtideii**..
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